The long journey of the Neptune is well underway. Lady Vivian is counting on her associate Long John Silver to take control of the expedition. But Silver doesnâ€t have enough men to take over the ship, and Captain Hastings doesnâ€t trust him. In the close quarters of a tall ship, tensions rise; betrayal looms†Blood will be spilled before the vessel reaches the Amazon, and a single act of routine brutality will throw the Neptune into a maelstrom of death.